Improvement in huskiug-machines



gnth gratte @anni @Hita JACOB RUSSELL, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFAND SAMUEL MOFFATT, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 71,539, dated November 26, 1867. I

IMPROVEMENT IN HUSKING-MAGHINES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JACOB RUSSELL, of Brooklyn, in' the county of Kings,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Corn-Husking Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings. making a portion of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan view of a corn-husking machine constructedaccording to my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same taken in the line :v :e ofg. 1. `Figure 3 is avertical section of the same taken in the-line y yof fig. 2.

Figure 4 (is a. detached view o f one portion of the same. I

A.Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthefigures.

The object of this invention is to provide a. machine by means of whichthe ears of corn may be separated from the husks and stalks at a singleoperation, and with greater convenience and in amore perfect manner thanhas been found practicable with the machines hitherto devised for thispurpose.

The invention consists i'n a novel construction of the stripping orhusking-rollers, whereby not only is the e'icient operation of the saidrollers materially increased, but whereby, also, they ,are rendered muchstronger and consequently far more durable than those of the ordinarykind.

The invention further consists in certain novel means, whereby theclinging of `the husks to or around the husking-rol-lers is eifectualiyprovided against, whereby the uuhusked ears arc caused to pass in properposition to the husking-rollers, where provision is made 'for therapdejectment of the cornl or ears from the machine `when the husking iscompleted.

To enable others to understand the construction and operation of myinvention, will proceed to describe -it with reference to'the drawings.

A represents the framework of the machine, provided at its top with atable, a, hinged to one side of which may be a leaf, b, supported in ahorizontal position, when the machine is in use, by a brace, shown inredoutline at a in iig. 3. Working in bearings, provided at the forwardend of the framework A, is a transverse feedroller, A, below andparallel witlr which is a'rclleig -B", furnished'with longitudinalcutters b. Situated in a vsloping position behind thecutting-rolier Bk,just mentioned, is a plate orplank, having longitudinal grooves cprovided in its upper surface, as shown more fully in g. 3, the saidgrooves constituting guides, which insure the requisite longitudinalmovement of the unhusked ears to the stripping or husking-rollers B, ashereinafter fully set forth.

The huskingrollers, just mentioned, are arranged in pairs, and supportedwith their journals working in bearings provided upon the framework A,and the two rollers of each pair are geared to move together by spurwheels e', the said pairs of rollers, B, being placed in an inclinedposition, nearly or quite corresponding to the slope of the guides c, asshown in iig.' 2, and with the space or. interstice between thetworollers of each pair in line with the raised portion a**, situatedbetween two guides or grooves. The raised portions di, just mentioned,

are .extended `back farther than the grooves or guides o, and form spursor extensions cx, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear.

Placed over the space between two adjacent pairs of husking-1ollers,andnearly or' quite in contact with the two adjacent rollers, one of eachpair, -is 'a longitudinal bar o r strip, A', which forms a scraper, toprevent the' corn-husks from clinging toLor twisting around thehashing-rollers and thus clogging the action thereof, when vthe machinei's'in operation. Situated at the rear or lower ends of thebushing-rollers, and above the same, is

an India-rubbereovered roller, 0*, the oiice of which is to eject orthrow out the husked ears from the machine, as presently hereinafterexplained. A I Y The bottom of the frameworkA is provided at itsrearmost end with a transverse piece, d, the'forward edge of which is bev'll'e'd,:so that the said piece may constitute a short runner, andpivoted to the forward end ofthe aforesaid bottom of the framework, nearone of the'lateral edges thereof, is a broad plank, D, as shown indotted outline at a, the forward endof which is bevelled like that ofthe runnercr piece d, and which, when turned in'to a position parallelwith and partiallyunderneath the framework A, as indicated in iig. 2,forms as it were a sled, upon which the machine may be drawn from placeto place, and which may be turned inte a position at right angles to theframework, as-shown in figs. 1 and 3, when the machine is in use. Fixedupon the forward or outer portion of the sled D is a standard, Dit, uponthe top of which is pivoted a horizontal wheel, E, which is designed tobe of such size that a horse may walk in one of the spaces between thespokes thereof and rotate the same, in a manner equivalent to that of asweep or lever horse-power.

The sled being situated in a position transverse to that of theframework of the machine, as just hereinbefore described, a band, Ei, ispassed from the horizontal power or driving-wheel E over a horizontalpulley, j', and thence to a grooved pulley, g, on a transverse shaft,Fi, situated at the front of the framework A, and provided withbevel-gear wheelsfl, each of which gears into a similar bevel-gearwheel, gx, attached to the forward end of one of the rollers of eachpair of bushing-rollers B, so that the two rollers of each'par, beingconnected by gears c', as hereinbefore explained, are caused to movetoward each other, as indicated by the' arrows in iig. 3, a strap, of,extending from a pulley, ai, on the shaft F, to a similar pulley at TXon the end of the shaft of the rejecting-roller Gc, communicating motionto the same in the direction indicated by the arrow in iig. 2. The shaftF is furthermore provided at ono end with a spur-wheel, s, which gearsinto a pinion on the shaft of the cutting-roller Bek, and thus insuresthe required rotation of the latter.

The construction of the bushing-rollers B may be more readily understoodby a reference to iig. 4, which .shows a longitudinal section, on alarger scale than the other drawings, of one of the aforesaid rollers. Acastmetal skeleton, shown at m, constitutes the frame of the roller, thesaid frame being cast upon a wrought-iron shaft, n, and having cast atone end, yand in one piece therewith, the spur or gear-wheel c', thesaid frame being furthermore made hollow, so that an annular space, a,is left around the shaft, and formed with spiral recesses extendinglongitudinally for nearly the entire length thereof. Fitted into therecesses, and into the annular space just mentioned, as shown more fullyin fig.'3, is a filling, indicated at i', composed of India rubber, orequivalent elastic material, and extending somewhat beyond the externalcircumference of the frame m, which sustains the same.

t is found that' the roller-frame m, as thus construted, with itswrought-iron shaft and its spur-wheel cast in one piece therewith, ismuch stronger, and consequently more durable, and less liable tobreakage, than if such frame were made with cast journals and with itsaforesaid gear-wheel detachable therefrom; and, furtherl more., that theelastic filling 7 insures a far superior operation of theliusking-rollers in stripping the husks from the corn, than could beobtained with rollers devoid of such appliance.

The several moving or working parts being set in motion by the means,hereinbefore described, the cornstalks, with the ears attached, areplaced upon the table a and leaf I), and are pushed with their butt endsforemost from the table to the feed-roller Ai and cutting-roll Bid,between which they are fed or passed, the ears being severed from thestalks during such passage by the cutters b of the `j-ustunentionedcutting-roll, and falling into the guides c of course in a positionlongitudinal therewith. rllhe nnhusked ears then slide downL wards fromthe said guides to the basking-rollers B, and into the depressionsbetween the two rollers of the several pairs, the premature falling ofthe butts of the ears into the aforesaid depressions, which would causethe ears to pass endwisc between the husking-rollers, and thus defeatthe object of the same, being,r prevepted by the spurs or extensions ei,which keep the butts from moving laterally until the ears have attainedthe requisite longitudinal position upon the rollers. When-the ears havebeen brought into the depressions between the rollers of the severalpai-rs, as just mentioned, the said rollers grasp and strip the huskstherefrom, the husks being, carried downward between them, while thestripped or husk ed ears pass back along the rollcr's B under the rollCit, which forces them back over the inclined board C, whence they passto the ground, orto any suitable receptacle placed to receive them. l

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The hollow metallic roller-framem, formed with a gear-whecl, c', andrecessed for thc reception of the filling, substantially as and for thepurpose specified l 2. The elastic filling 7, in combination with theroller-frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

The scraper or Scrapers A', arranged above and in relation to a pair orpairs of bushing-rolls, B, constructed substantially as and for thepurpose specilied.

4. The combination of the guide c, having spurs or extensions 0X, withthe bushing-rolls B, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The elastic ejceting-roll Ci, arranged transversely above and incombination with the bushing-rolls B, substantially as and for thepurpose specified. l

JACOB RUSSELL.

Witnesses: s

A. Le Gmane, Hanny 1. BROWN.

